Published 14:11 IST, July 21st 2020
Video: Biker escapes landslide just in nick of time; netizens call him lucky
The footage shared by a Twitter handle named Nandini Idnani shows a landslide happening moments before a biker is about to cross the path.
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A video is going viral on social media where a biker can be seen narrowly escaping falling debris from a landslide. video shared by a Twitter handle named Nandini Idnani shows a landslide happening moments before a biker is about to cross path. However, as mud falls on ro, biker changes his direction jumping from his two-wheeler which is n submerged inside heavy mass of earthy material. lucky biker mand to escape incident without any serious injuries.
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"Omg!!!! What a narrow escape for that biker," Twitter user captioned post which has garnered more than 30,000 views and over 2,300 likes since it was shared on July 19. Netizens are going berserk over clip with some of m blaming deforestation for unfortunate incident, ors called biker lucky for escaping with such a narrow margin.
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"Fake news alert'
However, video which has resurfaced again is originally from April this year and was going viral in May as well. Tweeples were claiming it to be from Meghalaya, but incident reportedly occurred in Indonesia on April 9. Meghalaya police h also issued a fake news alert on Twitter regarding video on May 21, where it said "A video clip of a Landslide which is being circulated on social media is from settlements of Chiangjur & Sukanagara in Indonesia, T from National Highway of Meghalaya. We request citizens t to share or circulate video clip with false content or caption."
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14:11 IST, July 21st 2020